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8 May 2014

How to get rid of confusion while studying?-Eliminating Back-Skipping and Regression

Do you get that feeling that you are getting nowhere while reading a book?
Do you find yourself that you for the last 20 minutes you were on the same page? And you have kind of made no progress?

Then this article is for you, read it and get rid of your problems for ever.



Image of Speed reading problem- Regression


Regression in speed reading is when you consciously go back to the text that you think you should re-read in order to understand better. The keyword here is conscious. You think you need to look at all the information that is written in the book and so even for the less important sections, you go and read them. At the end you find, it was worthless and that you have wasted a lot much time that could have been given to some other important topic.




Image of "Willingness- Solution of Speed reading problem -regression"


You need to use that willingness (not will power) to force yourself to only read the paragraphs, phrases or words that you think you should read. Reading everything simply wastes lot of your precious time.




Image of Speed reading problem -Back Skipping



Back-skipping by definition is an unconscious behavior. It is a habit. And how do you get rid of your habits? Simple, you do so by developing new habits. You should never think of getting rid of certain habits.it is better to think of developing the new ones.


Back-skipping means when without knowing, you are reading the same words, phrases and paragraphs again and again. In other words, without knowing, re-reading the same material until it dawns.



Image of Speed and Rhythm- solution of back-skipping speed reading problem

To solve this, you maintain an even rhythmic eye-movement while speed-reading the text material. Speed and Rhythm makes it difficult to engage again into the habits of back-skipping and Regression. And also this practice increases your reading speed and comprehension at the same time.  

Regression and back-skipping never ever can improve your comprehension. Your brains are powerful enough to grasp the material that you are reading the very first time (if done as mentioned here).These are not at all related to comprehension rather they are  more concerned with your belief in your brain’s abilities

The next article is- Why do reading problems exist?. Earlier methods of reading are talked about here namely-Look and Say method and Phonic method. The next to next article is the Reading Process where you will get to know what reading really is.

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